Can't access secure sites (IE 6.0 SP2)

I recently had problems with lop.com hijacking my home page etc., Advice from HansV and DaveA led me to forums.net-integration.net and a solution to my hijack problem. Part of the solution inluded updating java to the latest release which it installed as Crogram FilesJavaj2re1.4.2_05javawsjavaws.exe

I now find that I can no longer access secure sites. e.g., Making a payment on ebay or accessing my online bank site. The security alert warns me that I'm about to view pages over a secure connection but when I click OK, I get "The page cannot be displayed" I've checked the items mentioned on that page but with no result. When I called the bank they suggested that it was a java issue and told me to load the latest version - which I had already done.

Re: Can't access secure sites (IE 6.0 SP2)

For these important sites, try listing them in your Trusted Sites list. As you may know, the default security for the Trusted Sites zone is low, so this would rule out any problem with your settings. To change the zone, visit the site's home page, then double-click the little "world" icon on the lower right of the status bar. Select the Trusted Zones icon in the dialog, then click the Sites button and add something like *.mybank.com to cover the various possible subdomains of your bank's site.

I'm not sure you want to do this with eBay. It is full of user-contributed content. I just don't know how safe it is to assign it the lower security.

Re: Can't access secure sites (IE 6.0 SP2)

No luck with that suggestion. I tried setting the main site as 'trusted' but that setting can only be applied to sites with https prefixes and you can't use wildcards. When I applied it to the actual site I'm trying to reach, the error remains.
Thanks